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| Myanmar says four soldiers killed by insurgents in Muslim-majority region | | | By Wa Lone Yangon (Reuters) - Four Myanmar soldiers were killed and one was injured on Tuesday when troops were attacked by suspected Muslim insurgents near the country's border with Bangladesh, an official said. The Myanmar army, known as the Tatmadaw, has been sent into northern Rakhine State to seek attackers who killed nine police officers guarding the border early on Sunday. Around 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, soldiers came under attack close to Pyaung Pyit village in Maungdaw Township, said Ye Naing, a director at the Ministry of Information. |
| Russia - no South Sudan arms embargo needed after U.N. chief's report | |  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that an arms embargo should not be placed on South Sudan despite U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon reporting that the government has done little to allow more peacekeepers to be deployed and to improve access for U.N. troops already there. President Salva Kiir agreed during a U.N. Security Council visit to South Sudan last month to accept 4,000 extra peacekeepers and to allow some 12,000 peacekeepers already on the ground to move around freely in order to protect civilians.
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| Congo political rift likely to spark 'large-scale' violence - U.N. | |  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - There is "extreme risk" to the stability of Democratic Republic of Congo as a deepening political rift over President Joseph Kabila's future will likely spark large-scale violence, the United Nations envoy to the country said on Tuesday. Kabila, in office since 2001, is barred by constitutional term limits from standing for a third term. "Actors on all sides appear more and more willing to resort to violence to achieve their ends," Maman Sidikou, head of the 18,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, told the U.N. Security Council.
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| Gunman kills 14 at shrine in Afghan capital, police say | |  At least 14 people were killed on Tuesday when a gunman in a police uniform opened fire on worshippers gathered at a shrine in the Afghan capital of Kabul for a Shi'ite holy day, officials said. Thirteen civilians and one police officer died and 36 people were wounded, said Ministry of Interior spokesman Sediq Sediqqi. Ministry of Public Health officials said at least 43 people had been injured in the incident and had been taken to hospitals in the city for treatment.
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| U.S. blacklists Pakistan nationals on suspicion of money laundering | | | The United States blacklisted four men and their companies based in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, for purported ties to an organisation accused of laundering money for drug traffickers and Chinese, Colombian and Mexican crime groups. Among them was Pakistani national Obaid Khanani, whose father Altaf Khanani was arrested by U.S. authorities in September 2015 and accused by the U.S. Treasury Department of laundering billions of dollars for the Taliban and other groups. The department said in a statement that Obaid Khanani, 29, continued to help lead his father's money laundering organization after the arrest. |
| Obama to consider 'proportional' response to Russia hacking | |  U.S. President Barack Obama will consider a variety of responses to Russia's hacking of political party organizations and it is possible that any action may not be announced publicly, the White House said on Tuesday. "There are a range of responses that are available to the president and he will consider a response that is proportional," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Air Force One.
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| Trump statements on recording constitute sexual assault - White House | |  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday said remarks from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about groping women in a leaked recording from 11 years ago amounted to sexual assault. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Air Force One that President Obama had found the comments repugnant. (Reporting by Ayeseha Rascoe, writing by Jeff Mason; Editing by Chris Reese)
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| Kim Kardashian sues over claims she faked Paris robbery | |  Kim Kardashian on Tuesday sued a website for claiming she had staged an armed robbery in Paris that her sister said had left her terrorized and traumatized. The reality TV star filed a defamation lawsuit in federal court in New York against the U.S. celebrity gossip site MediaTakeOut.com for reporting that she had faked the robbery, and then filed a fraudulent insurance claim. Paris police said the 35-year-old celebrity was robbed at gunpoint of some $10 million in jewelry by masked men who tied her up in her Paris apartment early on Oct. 3.
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| Lauded security boss in Rio quits as crime, violence surge | |  The state security secretary of Rio de Janeiro will step down from his post at month's end, as violence and crime rebound in the Brazilian city and erase many of the gains made during the near-decade he was in the job. Jose Mariano Beltrame, a former police officer who was lauded in recent years because of reduced violence and inroads against criminal gangs in Rio, on Monday submitted his resignation. Rio Governor Luiz Fernando Pezão, who will soon return from leave after a bout with cancer, told Reuters the state reluctantly accepted Beltrame's resignation.
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| St. Jude recalls heart devices; battery issue linked to 2 deaths | |  St. Jude Medical Inc on Tuesday said it would recall some of its implanted heart devices due to risk of premature battery depletion, a condition linked to two deaths in Europe. The device maker, in a letter to doctors, said potential battery depletion could occur among an estimated 398,740 company implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) worldwide - devices used to shock a dangerously racing heartbeat back to its normal rhythm. St. Jude said 841 devices had been returned to the company for analysis due to premature battery depletion, traced to a build-up of lithium clusters in the batteries.
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| Campaigners urge Kazakhstan to free activists facing trial over land reform protests | | | By Umberto Bacchi LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Two Kazakh land rights activists who are due to go on trial over their involvement in public protests against land reforms in the Central Asian nation are facing unfounded criminal charges and should be released, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Max Bokayev and Talgat Ayanov are each facing up to 10 years in prison on charges of inciting social and national discord, disseminating false information and organising an illegal protest, the human rights group said. "What we have here are individuals that are being criminally prosecuted and face extended prison terms for exercising their right to peaceful protest," Mihra Rittmann, Europe and Central Asia researcher at HRW, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. |
| G7 sets common cyber-security guidelines for financial sector | |  By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven industrial powers on Tuesday said they had agreed on guidelines for protecting the global financial sector from cyber attacks following a series of cross-border bank thefts by hackers. Policymakers have grown more worried about financial cyber security in the wake of numerous hacks of SWIFT, the global financial messaging system, including an $81 million theft in February from the Bangladeshi central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve. "Cyber risks are growing more dangerous and diverse, threatening to disrupt our interconnected global financial systems," according to the guidelines agreed by G7 finance ministers and central bankers.
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| Iranian woman faces imminent execution after "unfair trial" | | | A rights group urged the Iranian judiciary on Tuesday to quash a death sentence against a 22-year-old woman accused of murdering her husband, who she said had repeatedly abused her. Zeinab Sekaanvand was arrested in February 2012 and convicted of her husband's murder after what London-based Amnesty International called a "grossly unfair trial". "This is an extremely disturbing case," said Philip Luther, research and advocacy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International. |
| Exclusive: In Britain, some pro-Europe lawmakers now back EU divorce talks - Reuters poll | |  By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - A number of lawmakers who opposed a British exit from the European Union in June's referendum would now back a start of formal divorce proceedings from the bloc - provided parliament gets to decide at all, a Reuters poll showed. Results of the online survey opened the possibility that Prime Minister Theresa May might be able to win a vote in what has been a predominantly pro-EU parliament, although her government remains determined to prevent such a vote from happening. May has said she will trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty - which begins an initial two-year period during which Britain must negotiate the terms of its exit - by the end of March next year without giving lawmakers a vote.
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| Exclusive: U.N. memo casts doubt on some Central African sex abuse accusations | |  By Tim Cocks, Michelle Nichols and Marine Pennetier DAKAR/UNITED NATIONS/PARIS (Reuters) - A draft United Nations memo seen by Reuters suggests that dozens allegations of sexual abuse against U.N. peacekeepers in Central African Republic have been fabricated by people seeking financial payoffs. In December an independent review panel criticised the United Nations for mishandling allegations of child sexual abuse by international peacekeepers, who were not under U.N. command, in Central African Republic. The 12,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force there, known as MINUSCA, has been dogged by allegations of sexual abuse since its deployment in April 2014 to curb fighting between the mostly Muslim Seleka rebels and the anti-balaka Christian militias.
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| South Africa's Zuma reaffirms support for Gordhan after fraud charges | |  JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday that he backs Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan who was issued with a formal summons to appear in court on Nov. 2 over fraud charges. [nL8N1CH1PG] "The President has reaffirmed his support for the Minister," the Presidency said in a statement. "The President has urged the National Prosecuting Authority and other institutions concerned to conduct the matter with the necessary dignity and respect." (Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by James Macharia)
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| South Africa's Gordhan to appear in court over fraud charges | |  By Joe Brock PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African prosecutors on Tuesday ordered Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan to appear in court on Nov. 2 to hear fraud charges against him, news that sent the rand and share prices reeling. The currency dropped as much as 3.4 percent against the dollar amid fears Gordhan's legal troubles could hurt investor confidence in South Africa, where he has stood out as a reliable figure for financial markets against a backdrop of corruption. The banking index fell as much as 5.12 percent, wiping 46.3 billion rand ($3.3 billion) off the market capitalisation of South Africa's six biggest banks.
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